In a world where wars, turbulence and insecurity rage in numerous locales, the Advent season is a time of stillness and contemplation, of silence and the hope for new birth. "For those in the ...

On a crisp December morning in Rome, a group of women gathered not for their usual Bible study but to bring Christmas gifts to a homeless shelter run by the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded ...

For Christians, the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is the season of hope and anticipation. It is a glorious time, one seemingly at odds with the calendar itself because it ...

In the Fourth Sunday before Advent in Year C, we are starting a short series reading through 2 Thessalonians, and this week's ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home ...

“Part of why we observe Advent,” writes Episcopal priest Tish Harrison Warren, “is to make Christmas weird again, to allow the shock of the incarnation to take us aback once more.” Advent (from a ...

Join a Dec. 13 Advent retreat at the Cathedral Basilica for prayer, Mass, reflection, and Pope Leo XIV’s Dilexi Te.

For Christians, the season of Advent, the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, is the season of hope and anticipation. It is a glorious time, one seemingly at odds with the calendar itself because it ...

When we focus on survival, life becomes pretty straightforward. Food, water, shelter, health, and hopefully the warm embrace of a loved one. That's what we truly need. If we are blessed to have all ...

The Sunday's lectionary reading for the Third before Advent in Year C is Luke 20.27–38, and epistle is Paul's discussion of the 'man of lawlessness' in 2 Thess 2. For video discussions, see here for ...

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. – Francis of Assisi "BETHLEHEM Candle" is the second purple candle during the second week of Advent ...